John Bishop's Britain
- TV stand-up
- BBC One
- 2010 - 2011
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Stand-up John Bishop presents viewers with a mix of stand-up, sketches and real-life stories. Stars John Bishop.
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Series 2, Episode 4 - Animals
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 20th August 2011
- Time
- 9:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Video
John Talks Wildlife
John talks about watching wildlife documentaries on television with his wife. They argue about them as the males and females in the animal world have different roles from humans.
Featuring: John Bishop.
Press
It's interesting the way the credits proudly announce it is "written and presented by John Bishop". But just as you're admiring the wealth of comic material Bishop has written, you notice the six names listed under "programme associates", all of whom are, er, comedy writers. Cheeky.
Still, whatever their contribution, it's a reliably funny show. The theme this week is our love/hate relationship with animals and that means some fresh light on the ancient dogs versus cats debate and mildly predictable routines from Bishop on how wasps are annoying and hamsters pointless.
Bishop's delivery is always good, but it's the interview snippets that provide the best bits. And they're so lovingly filmed: look out for the swordfight going on in the background of one interview and stick around to the end to catch a chihuahua in a West Ham shirt.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 20th August 2011